Fusion 360: Designing for Plastics

Learn about designing for additive manufacturing in plastic using Fusion 360. Discover how to create a form, complete and visualize your design, and set it up for 3D printing.

Introduction

• Designing for plastic manufacturing
• What you should know
• Managing data
• Setting preferences

1. Creating a Form

• Using an attached canvas
• Creating a T-spline body
• Editing a T-spline body
• Creating a solid from the T-spline

2. Completing the Design

• Adding internal features
• Applying draft
• Fillets

3. Visualizing the Design

• Rendering
• Collaboration

4. Producing the Design

• Setting up for 3D printing

5. Alternative Complex Modeling

• Forming a solid from surfaces
• Updating the new design
• Subdividing a solid model

Conclusion

• Next steps